http://techrights.org/n/2026/07/06/Obscene_Contradiction_in_Microsoft_s_Layoffs_Tally_Official_Num.shtml

https://x.com/FrieNDA_2/status/2074167010121187437

https://esd.wa.gov/employer-requirements/layoffs-and-employee-notifications/worker-adjustment-and-retraining-notification-warn-layoff-and-closure-database Microsoft has decided to reorganize and restructure operations resulting in the elimination of... — read more 

That's one in every five employees. 3,200 people losing their livelihoods because Microsoft fu---d up its gaming division beyond repair.

I think they've been waiting for the layoffs at Xbox to start so they can start using social media again after the no physical discs announcement. This whole situation would be fu--ing hilarious if it weren't so damn sad.

Microsoft (MSFT) recently disclosed that it is parting ways with up to 2.5% of its workforce. Sometimes companies conduct layoffs because their outlooks have deteriorated, but it's unlikely that Microsoft is cutting employees because it is... — read more 

You are being let go so that they can loop back around with the same job openings at much much lower pay with the reasoning that AI does the bulk of the decision making. The 6 figure tech job will very soon be a thing of the past. This plan is... — read more 

for example, the head of Microsoft Security

Did they try to think of the worst possible timing for cuts?

http://techrights.org/n/2026/07/01/Microsoft_May_be_Losing_10_000_Workers_This_Month.shtml

Microsoft employees who are members of unions represented by the Communications Workers of America spoke out against management and the pending layoffs at the Xbox division... — read more 

see the vertical scroll bar on the right wide when you are trying to scroll through comments in a video playing. Edge is garbage.

Former Xbox employees warn of potential for retaliation in rumored impending layoffs Ahead of rumored layoffs at Microsoft-owned Xbox, former employees are warning of potential for retaliation. They base this claim on their own experiences being... — read more 

Xbox executives depart while Compulsion Games shuts down Corporate leadership changes rarely come without internal shakeups, reorganizations, and layoffs, and Xbox appears to be going through that right... — read more 

Well, AS certainly has the language down already, how to make layoffs sound necessary even if there have to be other ways to cut costs. Well, it was to be expected, I guess. I just wonder how do you bring back a dying console by cutting and not... — read more 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-10/xbox-plans-significant-layoffs-as-it-transforms-under-new-ceo-asha-sharma

Windows K2. Show through action it's not just a sad joke. You won't. You can't. It's just lip service. Windows 11 is still hijacking users' data into the cloud with its latest updates and without consent. What idiocy.

Xbox, LinkedIn, data centers... Is anything safe from cuts these days?

https://qz.com/linkedin-layoffs-workforce-reduction-reorganization-051326

Does that sound like a good offer or marching orders? https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/08/Internal_Microsoft_Communications_Confirm_Buyout_Offer_Worse_Th.shtml

I had enough of this, so I set up Outlook on Monday to auto reply saying I do not want to be bothered or have the time, desire or motivation to help with your problem you emailed me about. So, stop emailing me and find someone else. I also have... — read more 

they didn’t extend the offer to Sales because of Q4. They don’t want to distract the team from closing the quarter and FY26. We’ll see if that’s true if they expand it to Sales roles in FY27.

Based on the leaked salary-per-band range (leaked around 2023, then again later), for people senior enough to have spent decades at Microsoft the annual salary is well over 200,000 per... — read more 

This week Microsoft announced a voluntary retirement program. While details of the offer have yet to be released, the gist of the offer is that if your physical age and your years of service add up to 70, then you qualify. At the ripe old retirement... — read more 

Basically this is a way for a company to downsize older workers (and their higher salaries ) without breaking the law. Its not so much about making it less brutal. The rest of the workforce is told it's less brutal because those who take... — read more 

That's according to the media. I hope I'll squeeze in, I'm borderline on the reported criteria.

vs salary and comp? anyone know?

Is it now a fact that Sony won and Microsoft will simply lick its wounds and step away from Xbox and gaming in general? Am I being too paranoid, because that's certainly how it feels to me.

May 5 or June 6. This will be huge.

Microsoft is more bloated than other FAANGs, and is packed with legacy enterprise .NET devs - a skillset that is irrelevent in the AI era

Does a HR goon inform you, in-person or through email or zoom? If I get a layoff notice. I'm going to stop logging on to my laptop and waste my time reading or responding to emails.

https://www.tmj4.com/news/racine-county/microsoft-data-center-layoffs-leave-workers-stunned-after-relocating-for-tech-jobs

About a year ago, I think. He was randomly chosen by an algorithm. So much for being loyal to this place. Anyhow, I was wondering if anybody knows what happened there? Did he get his job back due to bad press or not? All the major cuts lately made me... — read more 

Xbox has new leaders today, now that Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond are out — and you’d be forgiven for assuming that means yet another round of layoffs and shuttered studios, especially one day after Sony jettisoned a beloved... — read more 

Its time all White Collar workers unionize before its too late!

It’s wild to think how many jobs could be saved if his pay matched his actual value. We’re talking tens of millions that could’ve kept real people employed.

Investors are pushing the stock lower knowing all Microsoft products are garbage. It also does not help maters with the face of Microsoft embarrassing news. No Nobel Peace Prize in the future.

Going to be a large number of Microsoft layoffs announced soon.